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I’m normally an advocate for sleep paralysis because I think it’s pretty cool once you understand it; but I just had one of the most viscous episodes I’ve had in a very long time.

Won’t really get into what I saw because it doesn’t matter as much..

I knew from the onset this one was gonna be bad and tried to fight it because it “didn’t feel right”, To no avail I’ll say.

I’m in the bed with my partner who knows that I get sleep paralysis and said that she can tell. I tried to quicken my breathing/make any noise so she could tell. She couldn’t. I even tried adjusting myself before I was too far gone, but in all honesty I don’t even know if I moved at all—just think I did.

Like the fucking genjitsu trap it puts you in where you don’t know dream from reality. By that point I could’ve been balls deep in the SP episode and just not have noticed yet.

And honestly it probably wouldn’t have been as bad if I didn’t try to fight out/try and get her to get me out.

Anyways. Just wanted to vent before drifting back off…

I never had auditory sleep paralysis, or knew it was a thing until finding this subreddit. Now, sometimes I experience it myself. Most recently I was “listening” to some relationship podcast talking about gender role expectations and cheating lol.

Also, I’m in a group chat with other dreamers and I talk about my sleep paralysis in there sometimes. One lady, who said she rarely got sleep paralysis, noticed an increase in sleep paralysis since I was talking about it so much.

Anyone else experience this or have any thoughts on it?